Triple
T13551792
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | surveillance capitalism |
E323664
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedIn |
P519
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a landmark book by Shoshana Zuboff that analyzes how tech corporations exploit personal data to predict and shape human behavior for profit, fundamentally transforming capitalism and democracy.
|
E1047320
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism | Statement: [surveillance capitalism, describedIn, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Context triple: [surveillance capitalism, describedIn, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism]
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A.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
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B.
Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit organization that advocates for ethical, human-centered design in digital technologies and works to mitigate the negative impacts of social media and persuasive tech on society.
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C.
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy is a nonfiction book that critiques the rise of major tech platforms and argues that their business models have damaged creative industries, public discourse, and democratic institutions.
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D.
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads is a nonfiction book that traces the history and mechanics of the attention economy, examining how media, advertising, and technology industries capture and monetize human attention.
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E.
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer
"The Decline and Rise of the Consumer" is a work by philosopher and cultural pluralism advocate Horace M. Kallen that examines the role, power, and rights of consumers within modern industrial and democratic society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Triple: [surveillance capitalism, describedIn, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism]
Generated description
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a landmark book by Shoshana Zuboff that analyzes how tech corporations exploit personal data to predict and shape human behavior for profit, fundamentally transforming capitalism and democracy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Target entity description: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a landmark book by Shoshana Zuboff that analyzes how tech corporations exploit personal data to predict and shape human behavior for profit, fundamentally transforming capitalism and democracy.
-
A.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
-
B.
Center for Humane Technology
The Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit organization that advocates for ethical, human-centered design in digital technologies and works to mitigate the negative impacts of social media and persuasive tech on society.
-
C.
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy is a nonfiction book that critiques the rise of major tech platforms and argues that their business models have damaged creative industries, public discourse, and democratic institutions.
-
D.
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads is a nonfiction book that traces the history and mechanics of the attention economy, examining how media, advertising, and technology industries capture and monetize human attention.
-
E.
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer
"The Decline and Rise of the Consumer" is a work by philosopher and cultural pluralism advocate Horace M. Kallen that examines the role, power, and rights of consumers within modern industrial and democratic society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaff0a6548190b8cde5084cef0061 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f75da721208190a3f5159125dbde9a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f75ec5101081909652b0c0998b36c8 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f75f4a3b0c81908c0ca0351771953b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:46 p.m.